> Things went so well for so long that they thought that the American Way was indestructible. Again, how is that 'Europes" fault? You appear to acknowledge thi

> Things went so well for so long that they thought that the American Way was indestructible. Again, how is that 'Europes" fault? You appear to acknowledge this, but just in case: it's our (Europeans') fault because we had two massive, hugely expensive, wars, which the Americans funded, providing them with an economic security that further compounded their preexisting view of their own exceptionalism. This means that rather than appreciating the degree to which their position of strength was obtained through historical circumstance, they see it solely as a product of the superiority of their own way of life. edit: Of more relevance to the story, this is interesting, though perhaps not to everyone's taste: http://www.philosophersmail.com/capitalism/the-rich-should-stop-giving-so-much-of-their-money-away/ http://www.philosophersmail.com/capitalism/the-rich-should-s...